It was the same
call.
“Hi! Dear. How are you? I cannot live without you….”
Susan kept the
receiver down in anger.
For the past one
week, she had been receiving the strange call. She had not told anybody except
for her best friend Shawn, not even her mother or father. She at once left for
her friend Shawn’s house. She rang the doorbell and Shawn was there to greet
her.
“Hi! So, how is
your secret admirer?”
“He called me
again today.”
“Oh my God! He
must be really serious about that.”
“I think he is
doing this for fun.”
“If it is so, then
we will give him an eye for an eye.”
They talked for a
while and then went for their college. At 5 past 5, they came back to their
house. There was no one in Susan’s house. So, Shawn decided to drop at Susan’s
place. While they were having snacks, the phone rang. Susan and Shawn knew who
it was. Susan took up the receiver and switched on the speakerphone so that
Shawn could also listen to it.
“Hello…”, said
Susan with a hesitant voice.
“Susan. Is it
you?”
“Yes. It is me.”
“You still haven’t
answered me. Do you love me? Do you?”
“I…. I….”, Shawn
interrupted her.
Just then the
caller spoke,” please meet me at the St.Paul Park”.
Shawn asked Susan
to say yes and she did so.
Susan could sense
joy in the caller’s voice.
He spoke “ when?”
After a short
pause Susan replied “ Tomorrow at 5 in the evening”.
“ That’s fine with
me” he kept the receiver down immediately.
Shawn cried with
joy” Now he has trapped in his own knitted web”.
Susan said “ What
if he is in love with me?”
“What are you
talking, Susan? He has never seen you and neither have you”.
“ That’s right.
What a fool am I to think like that.”
Susan then spoke “
how are we going to recognize him?”
“Darn, we forgot
to ask him his identification mark”
The next day they
made plans to go to the park. They thought of seeing whether there was any real
lover of Susan’s.
They reached the
park at 5 past 5 and went round the park to see whether there was any one who
matched with the kind of guy they had in mind.
After a half an
hour’s walk round the park they both went back to their house. As they reached
their house, the phone rang.
Susan picked up
the receiver and spoke “ hello.”
“ Susan, you
betrayed me”
“ You are doing
this just for fun and I won’t get trapped in your plan”.
“No Susan. You are
mistaken.”
“I don’t wanna
listen to a thing. Just keep the receiver down.”
“ Susan. Don’t cut
the phone. Just tell me you love me or else I’ll commit suicide”
“You can’t scare
me like that. I know you are just fooling around.”
“No….” before he
could finish, she kept the receiver down.
The next day when
she got up, She went out to get the newspaper. At the doorsteps she found a
letter saying, ” You didn’t understand me. I loved you…Find me at the park”.
She went upstairs
quickly and changed her dress and went to pick up Shawn. She, on her way to the
park told Shawn about the letter.
When they reached
the St.Paul Park, they found cops gathered at the park. A man lay dead over
there with a rose in his hand having a tag, which said
‘WITH LOVE. TO
SUSAN’. Susan astonished by the scene looked at Shawn but to her surprise she
could see a strange smile pass his face.